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Should we be worried about the first human case of the H5N2 strain of bird flu? H5N2, confirmed in a man in Mexico who died, is different from the bird flu virus affecting cows in the U.S.

Ferrets are seen as an important model for analyzing how viruses could affect humans as they can be infected by human flu viruses.

Our ability to track time is skewed by what we are looking at. Plus, NASA has reestablished clear communication with Voyager 1 and why we aren’t ready for the next big volcano eruption. Our ability to track time is skewed by what we are looking at. Plus, NASA has reestablished clear communication with Voyager 1 and why we aren’t ready for the next big volcano eruption.

H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working...

The version of bird flu currently racing across the world emerged in Europe in 2020 and spread quickly to Africa and Asia.

A fundraising ad for U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) shows a photo of Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, behind bars, swarmed by

A fundraising ad for U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) shows a photo of Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, behind bars, swarmed by

By Katheryn Houghton KFF Health News and Politifact A fundraising ad for U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., shows a photo of Anthony Fauci, former

Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic virus....

While some believe practices such as gain-of-function research could fend off the next pandemic, others worry that they are more likely to start one.